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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Three slippers (one pair and one shoe from a very similar pair) of brown polished cotton, lined with white kid leather and white linen. Edges are bound with silk ribbon (purple on shoes A-B and blue on shoe C) and trimmed with a thick cord with tasseled ends, matching the colors of the bindings. Low, knock-on heel. Hand sewn.
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Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Brown
circa 1865
Sole of shoe B
Clara A Sizer / 1865
Sole of shoe A
“129 RENAULT A PARIS 15E” and “34”
9 in